μύκης
Ὡς οὐδὲν ἡ μάθησις, ἂν μὴ νοῦς παρῇ → Quam nihil est disciplina, ni mens → Wie wenig taugt das Lernen, wenn Begabung fehlt
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], ητος (but Ion. gen. -εω Archil.47, acc. -ην Hecat.22 J. (-ῆν codd.), Nic.Fr.72.7; Dor. and Att. nom. pl.
A μύκαι Epich.155, Thphr.Sign.42, Diocl.Fr.119; acc. pl. μύκας PSI6.620.31 (iii B. C.), censured by Phryn.178; dat. pl. τοῖς μύκαις Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.2.62c), ὁ, mushroom or other fungus, Epich. l. c., Antiph.188, 226.4, 227.11, Ephipp.27, Polioch.2.4, Thphr.HP1.1.11, PSIl.c., Nic.Al.525, Dsc. 4.82, Paus.2.16.3. II any knobbed round body, shaped like a mushroom, 1 chape or cap at the end of a scabbard, Hecat. l.c., Hdt.3.64, Paus. l.c. 2 membrum virile, Archil. l.c., Hsch. 3 fleshy excrescence, such as forms on wounds, Hp.Morb.2.50, Gal.17(1).703. b excrescence on trees, Thphr.HP4.14.3. 4 stump of an olive cut down, IG2.1055.43. 5 snuff of a lamp-wick, Ar.V.262, Thphr.Sign. l.c., Arat.976, Call.Fr.47, AP5.262 (Agath.). 6 μύκαι οἷς τὰ ἱμάτια βάπτουσι, dub. sens. in Zopyr. ap. Orib.14.62.1.— Fem. only in Epich.l.c. (where however οἷον αἰ μύκαι is prob. cj.) and Thphr.Sign.l.c. (Prob. cogn. with μύξα A.)
